tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post7783118313075901829..comments2024-03-28T23:57:50.103-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: An old weed becomes a modern problemPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-76738055292324853402019-07-28T11:49:43.241-05:002019-07-28T11:49:43.241-05:00Ditto everybody else. South Georgia beaches in the...Ditto everybody else. South Georgia beaches in the early 70s looked like the ones in the video, and DIDN'T erode! But of course this is another 'man made' disaster... sigh...Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-76524034039543834452019-07-28T07:37:45.116-05:002019-07-28T07:37:45.116-05:00Yeah that looks like the high tide line of every b...Yeah that looks like the high tide line of every beach I've ever been to here in New England. The exception is some beaches that are mostly rock, then just replace the sand with rock Seaweed is still there. As noted if you clean the beach you end up with increased erosion. Tregonseehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11920740082717760668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-79852479495611036112019-07-28T01:35:29.460-05:002019-07-28T01:35:29.460-05:00In fact, I seem to remember that around 1979-80, M...In fact, I seem to remember that around 1979-80, Miami's beaches were eroding at a somewhat alarming rate and the solution that was discovered were:<br /><br />1. Quit mining the beaches for sand (duh).<br /><br />2. Replace sand from other sandy areas that are being dug out (from inside intracoastal waterway onto beaches (wasn't done.)<br /><br />3. Grind glass up into 'sand' and toss on beaches (actually not a bad idea. And surprisingly a better use of 'recyclable glass' than paying to ship it to Georgia or Alabama in order for it to be rejected by the glass companies in GA or AL as too dirty.)<br /><br />and...<br /><br />4. Quit cleaning the 'dirty' seaweed off the beaches in order to make the beaches 'pristine looking.' <br /><br />Mijami went with 1, 3 (for a little while) and mostly... 4.<br /><br />Within 2 years the beaches were remarkably un-eroded.<br /><br />By the way, Mijami didn't like the looks of dead Christmas trees in their dunes like other places tried. Which is actually good because the enviro-nuts found that the pines tended to actually make the beach 'soil' unfriendly to the beach plants that do most of the work keeping dunes in place. These enviro-nuts, of course, were the very same ones that were promoting Xmas Trees for Dunes in order to combat erosion... It's almost like the enviro-nuts don't know what they're talking about. <br /><br />By the way, Pt. 2, Ground glass for beaches actually makes pretty sand, for a season, then it gets mixed in and disappears pretty much.Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-8295732721741318662019-07-27T18:07:26.519-05:002019-07-27T18:07:26.519-05:00What SiG said, if you want to really snag some Dor...What SiG said, if you want to really snag some Dorado/Mahi-mahi/Dolphin fish, troll along the edge of the weed line. The really big monsters will hide under the edge, waiting for bait to dash to the supposed protection. Bam! Get you a 3-4 footer and it will work you to death on light tackle, if you keep it. Heck, a 4 footer will work you to death on heavy tackle using a chair or fighting rig.<br /><br />What the 'My Head's on Fire' people don't get is it is a bad thing when the high-water mark isn't covered in sargasso after a storm. The sargasso is a vital component of anti-erosion on a beach, as it helps hold down the top layer of sand against the constant wind. As it gets buried by the finer sand, it helps make dunes, and when it rots, makes for a soil that seashore plants can live in, like sawgrass, sea plum, mangrove (what doesn't mangrove grow in, yeesh) and surprisingly, palmetto. Without erosion control, you have no dunes. Without dunes, you have no barrier islands and my family home south of Patrick AFB goes bye-bye and so do the Banana River and Indian River (though they really are estuaries, but who cares as 'river' sounds better.)Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-71237511607804735872019-07-27T13:48:29.901-05:002019-07-27T13:48:29.901-05:00What Beans said, except being older, I could have ...What Beans said, except being older, I could have told them about sargasso on south Florida beaches in the mid 60s. It's also vital ecosystem offshore. Fishermen search for weed lines because they attract small fish for shelter, which attracts big fish for the buffet. <br /><br />I'd be concerned if there <i>wasn't</i> sargasso on the beaches. <br /><br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-83235286668859953342019-07-27T13:36:59.206-05:002019-07-27T13:36:59.206-05:00Wow, they just now discovered that Florida East Co...Wow, they just now discovered that Florida East Coast beaches get covered by sargasso weed?<br /><br />I could have told them this in 1973. The weed's always been found heavily on the beaches during winter or after storms.<br /><br />I think this is more Globul Warming hookum.Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-19112650236830260852019-07-27T12:35:44.670-05:002019-07-27T12:35:44.670-05:00We gets lots of it here on the GOM coast. It is t...We gets lots of it here on the GOM coast. It is too salty for most plants. Every time I tried it killed whatever I was using it under. Washing it is time intensive and generally seemed to fail for me. Waiting for it to naturally leech out its salt content seemed to miss the useful stage of decomposition too. If someone finds a good method, there is no shortage of the raw material.CDHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00269477811093343097noreply@blogger.com